American Cinematographer Magazine

American Cinematographer is the worlds leading journal on motion-imaging techniques, with a special focus on the entertainment industrys most innovative and talented directors of photography. The magazine serves filmmakers by exploring cinematographers artistic thought processes and explaining the technical means by which they realize a creative vision. In addition, our editorial seeks to keep readers abreast of advancements in all facets of motion-imaging technology the tools cinematographers use to ply their trade and inform them of visually extraordinary productions, including feature films, television shows, commercials and music videos. Approximately one-third of our readers work regularly as directors of photography. Thirty percent are directors or producers who wish to better understand the work of the cinematographer. A great many of our readers are students and camera-department personnel who aspire to be cinematographers. Most of the other subdivisions of filmmaking pe...